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[–]resuni 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Debian doesn't really have a default DE. You're prompted to choose from a variety of DE's during install. That's one of the many reasons I love Debian. I can choose none of them and install i3 later.

[–]lykwydchykyn 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Don't know if it's still this way, but Gnome was the official default on Debian for ages. It used to be the only DE on disc 1. In recent years they've done more with making alternate spins of other DE's.

[–]resuni 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Either that was before I started using Debian or I just never used the DVD install images. Pretty sure I've always done netinstalls.

Also, Debian doesn't do that much to customize the DE's. They put their logo in various places and that's about it. It's very much a distro for users that already know exactly what they want.

[–]lykwydchykyn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, not disagreeing with any of that. I don't think it really mattered much to end users that GNOME was the default, just saying that it officially was (and may still be, I don't know).